By Paul Larudee | Dissident Voice | June 29, 2016 The survivors of the 1948 massacres in and expulsions from Palestine are everywhere. Scattered to the four corners of the earth, we have only to look in our own communities to find them. Seven million Palestinians live outside Palestine, compared with five million inside. At […]
Sputnik – 22.06.2016 The global BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanction) movement has become such a concern for Israel that a new minister has been appointed expressly to combat it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Gilad Erdan, his number-two man in the right wing Likud coalition, as minister of public security, strategic affairs and public […]
By Center for Citizen Initiatives On June 16, the New York Times reported : “More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the […]
By Eoin Higgins | CounterPunch | June 8, 2016 On June 5 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law an executive order aimed at the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. BDS is a non-violent economic and political protest against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. In Cuomo’s order, which Salon reporter Ben […]
RT | June 6, 2016 Anti-nuclear activists are starting a month-long protest against Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons program, arguing it should not be renewed by Parliament later this year. Peace campaigners are descending on AWE Burghfield in Berkshire, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are maintained and go through their final stage of assembly. Throughout June, Campaign […]
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel | May 23, 2016 In a letter to the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS), 270 academics from 19 countries have called for the cancellation of the 5th Global Conference on Genocide taking place on 26-29 June at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The letter […]
British Professor Catherine Hall Press TV – May 22, 2016 A prominent British academic and historian has refused to accept a $330,000 prize by an Israeli university. Professor Catherine Hall of University College London was slated to receive the Dan David Prize by Tel Aviv University on Sunday, but withdrew her acceptance citing political reasons. […]
Al-Manar | May 14, 2016 Although his life achievements cannot be briefed within a short article, this report summarizes the main contributions of Hezbollah senior commander, martyr Mustafa Badreddine. Mustafa Amin Badreddine was born in Ghobeiry, Lebanon on April 6, 1961. In 1982, martyr Badreddine formed jihadi groups and trained them to confront the Zionist entity. […]
By Lamont Lilly | Dissident Voice | May 10, 2016 On April 2, 1969, twenty-one members of the Harlem Chapter of the Black Panther Party were formally indicted and charged with 156 counts of “conspiracy” to blow up subway and police stations, five local department stores, six railroads, and the Bronx based New York Botanical […]
